After we got the DVD player, the videos slowly fell out of circulation. They had no special features, no subtitles — and they required rewinding! Some were a bit worn, too — particularly the kids videos. So we were all too happy to make the switch, becoming a DVD household. Natural pack-rat tendencies meant that the videos didn’t get truly tossed — they just got put into a box. Meanwhile, new movie purchases for the past several years — Cars and Monsters Inc. and Batman Begins and whatnot — have been on DVD. <\/p>\n
This afternoon, a trip to the garage for an unrelated item left me digging through a few boxes. The kids were there, and a treasure was (re)discovered, amidst excited shouts. The children gleefully excavated video after video — all of which had sat undisturbed for a year and a half in this garage, and more time before that. They excitedly stacked the videos inside, and eagerly came back for more. The enthusiasm was contagious; it was the excitement of locating an undiscovered treasure. <\/p>\n
The intrepid explorers are currently enjoying their discovery. They are watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas (a great February movie), and they have already worked out a schedule for the order in which they’re going to watch many of the other videos. Meanwhile, I simply shake my head in amused disbelief. <\/p>\n
Sometimes rediscovered treasures are the best kind. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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